AWIS Washington Wire - July 2009, Issue II

AWIS Group Coaching
AWIS offers deeply discounted coaching as an exclusive membership benefit. Considering the economy, you might benefit from private career coaching. But individual coaching fees may be off-limits if you are watching your budget. A more workable alternative is GROUP Career Coaching, just for women scientists in the Philadelphia, southern New Jersey, southeast Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley region.

GROUP coaching is for a small group of 3 to 8 participants, meeting every two weeks by phone for a one hour conference call.

The Career Coaching GROUP will focus on career challenges, those you face as you are look for a new job/career and those you encounter as you advance along your chosen career path.

Benefits of Career GROUP Coaching:

� Take advantage of group wisdom from those who live/work where you do
� Rapid sharing of best practices for mutual benefit
� Change more quickly since members hold each other accountable
� Integrate professional coaching from Susan Morris, AWIS Career Coach Career GROUP Coaching facilitator

The group will meet for two months (4 sessions). A two-month commitment is required. The group may elect to continue meeting after the initial two-month period.

Learn more about this coaching group and how it could benefit you on 2 special call-in days:

Friday, July 31, 9 AM - 5 PM Eastern

Tuesday, August 4, 9 AM - 5 PM Eastern

There's no need to register for these calls. Coach Susan Morris will be on hand all day to take your individual questions. Just call (215) 880-1913 between 9 AM and 5 PM Eastern on the days listed above. Can't call on those days? Send Susan an email at smorris@morrisconsulting.biz.

The 2009 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Award
Call for Nominations
The American Association for the Advancement of Science invites nominations for the 2009 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Award. The Award is awarded annually either to:
� a public servant, in recognition of sustained exceptional contributions to advancing
science, or
� a scientist, whose career has been distinguished both for scientific achievement and for
other notable services to the scientific community.

To Submit a Nomination:
You should provide:
� Your name, e-mail address, mailing address, and phone number.
� The nominee's name, e-mail address, mailing address, and phone number
� A statement (no more than three pages) providing the rationale for the nomination.
� The candidate's vita or resum� (no more than three pages).

Inquiries about the Award or its procedures should be directed to Steve Nelson, AAAS.

Deadline for nominations to be received at AAAS is September 1, 2009.

NOMINATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE AAAS SCIENTIFIC FREEDOM AND
RESPONSIBILITY AWARD
THE DEADLINE FOR THIS IMPORTANT AWARD IS SEPTEMBER 1, 2009. For more information call or email Deborah Runkle at 202.326.6794 or drunkle@aaas.org

The award is given to scientists or engineers or their associations whose exemplary actions have served to foster scientific freedom and responsibility. Such achievements can include: acting to protect the public's health, safety or welfare; focusing public attention on important potential impacts of science and technology on society by their responsible participation in public policy debates; or establishing important new precedents in carrying out the social responsibilities or in defending the professional freedom of scientists and engineers.

The Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
The Tyler Prize Executive Committee would like to extend an invitation to you to submit a nomination for the 2010 Tyler Prize. The requirements for nominations can be found on our website at: http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/tylerprize/nominate.html

The deadline for this year's nomination process is September 15, 2009. The recipients of the 2010 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement will be announced in April 2010.

In the meantime, if you would like to receive nomination materials, have any questions or suggest a potential candidate, please contact the Tyler Prize office at (213) 740-9760 or tylerprz@usc.edu.

AUTM Foundation Announces the 2009-10 Graduate Student Literature Review Prize Competition
A cash award will be given by the AUTM Foundation for top graduate student literature reviews of scholarly literature on some aspect of academic technology transfer and commercialization. Resources will also be available for winners to present their work at a special AUTM annual conference session.

Details can be found at this AUTM weblink: http://www.autm.net/litrevprize.
Initial application and review abstracts due September 15. For additional information, please contact the Chair of the Review Committee, Dr. Joshua Powers (jopowers@indstate.edu; 812-237-2900).

Sofja Kovalevskaja Award
The Sofja Kovalevskaja Award is open to highly acclaimed scholars and scientists from all countries and disciplines. Applicants must have completed a doctoral degree with distinction within the past six years and have published in prestigious international journals or academic presses. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation particularly welcomes applications from qualified, female junior researchers.

The application deadline for 2010 awards is October 15, 2009. The Foundation plans to grant up to eight awards in the upcoming year.

Application forms and detailed information are available on the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation webpage

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
This program is open to U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents and offers a competitive stipend as well as insurance, relocation, and travel allowances. This program offers one to three year postdoctoral fellowships designed to increase the involvement of scientists and engineers from academia and industry to scientific and technical areas of interest and relevance to the Navy. This program has a rolling admission.

Go to: http://www.asee.org/resources/nrl/ for detailed program information.

The Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program (NREIP) NREIP is a ten week summer research opportunity for undergraduate Juniors & Seniors, and Graduate students, under the guidance of a mentor, at a participating Navy Laboratory. The stipend amounts for the program are $5,500 for undergraduate students and $6,500 for graduate students. U.S. citizenship required; Permanent residents accepted at certain labs.
Go to: http://www.asee.org/nreip for application deadlines and detailed program information.

Humboldt Research Fellowship
Fellowships for Postdoctoral Researchers are for postdoctoral scientists and scholars who have completed a doctoral degree within four years prior to the application submission date are eligible. This fellowship allows for a stay of 6-24 months in Germany and provides a monthly stipend of 2,250 EUR. Click here for application materials and detailed information.
Fellowships for Experienced Researchers are for scientists and scholars who have completed a doctoral degree within twelve years prior to the application submission date are eligible.
This fellowship allows for a stay of 6-18 months in Germany which may be divided into a maximum of three visits of at least three months each and provides a monthly stipend of 2,450 EUR. Click here for application materials and detailed information.